Archanist Question(s)

[Skies]

For Arcanist I expected *something* other just being able to use it right away willy nilly. Like a short quest explaining the origins of the role or anything kind of along those lines. I suppose all the other classes are available from the start and new players would maybe wonder why they need to do something to unlock one and not the others but still.....

That what you looking for is the class quests. Remember those that were avaiable every five levels or something in 1.0?
I hear they're expanding on those, ought to be amazing. There's no need to require an unlock on a base class to learn about it's story.